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In trying to design activities for teaching people how to use English in meetings and discussions situations, coming up with something original, enjoyable and effective is not at all easy. I’m thinking of using football as a theme in some way.  It’s difficult to find an Italian who does not like the game, so you […]

Cooling things down

We had a storm here in Milan and it took the edge of the incredible heat. I was melting, as usual and even started to do my ‘Rambo’ thing of taking the waistband from my bathrobe and wrapping it round my forehead in an attempt to find some way of soaking up the sweat which […]

Monday, Monday.

I started the day by drifting on down to the company I had done some urgent translation work for and seeing as everything was OK, I wandered off to meet up with my other half for lunch, only it was a bit too early for us to go off when I arrived, so I decided […]

First blog

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Introductory ramblings Well, I’ve been in Italy for quite a while now.  It’s almost ten years since I decided to try a different life and set off from the UK for a new place.  I ended up in northern Italy, Milan to be exact.  I didn’t really intend to be here for such a long […]